Finger Bone

By Hiroki Takahashi

1942. At the turning point of the war, the Imperial Japanese Army is in retreat. On Papua New Guinea, the unnamed narrator of Finger Bone is wounded in the fighting and sent to a field hospital to recover. Finger Bone is the prize-winning debut by famed Japanese author Hiroki Takahashi. The novel explores the self-consuming nature of imperialism, the ingloriousness of war, and how we are all identical in death.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Honford Star
• Release date: Jun 16, 2023
• ISBN: 9781915829009

Hiroki Takahashi

Hiroki Takahashi was born 8 December 1979 in Towada, Aomori Prefecture. In 2014, he won the Shincho Prize for New Writers for his debut Finger Bone, and the 39th Noma Literary Prize for Sunday People in 2017. His novel Ceremonial Fire won the 159th Akutagawa Prize in 2018. Takahashi’s other works include the works Morning Glory, Swimming School, and When the Music Stops.